Our Home: Or, The Key to a Nobler Life

1885 printing. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 432, 15 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Contents: Introduction --The nature of home --Influences of home --Buds of promise --Childhood --Home training --Rewards and punishments --Amusements for the home --Home smiles --Joys of home --Education of our girls --Education of our boys --Books for the home --Evenings at home --Self culture --Sundays at home --Resolutions and individual rules of life --Correspondence and forms --Manners at home --Family secrets --Duties of home --Contentment at home --Visiting --Unselfishness at home --Patience --Temperance --Economy of home --Home adornments --Dignity at home --Success or failure foreshadowed at home --Fallacies about genius --Courage to meet life's duties --The important step --Leaving home --Memories of home --Trials of home --Sorrow and its meaning --The widow's home --Homeless orphans --Homes of the poor --Homes of the rich --The old-fashioned home --Our last farewell of home --Heaven our home. From the library of gay activist Bernard Delia. Bernie was a founding member of the Capital Pride Alliance, and served as co-chair of World Pride 2025. Delia worked at the U.S. Department of Justice for 26 years, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2001 to 2019. Delia served as one of the first openly gay appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice. "Bernie leaves behind an incredible legacy in our city and country, through his life and advocacy, he helped pave a path for LGBTQIA residents in our city and within the federal government to live and work openly and proudly." - D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.…